Admission and attendance registers
All schools are required by law to have:
- An admission register and
- An attendance register, which must be kept electronically
Note: schools where all pupils are boarders don't need an attendance register.
The statutory guidance on working together to improve school attendance includes a requirement for your school to share its daily attendance data (paragraph 52).
All pupils must be placed on both registers from the beginning of the pupil's first day of attendance, regardless of their age.
School proprietors who don't comply with these regulations are guilty of an offence and can be fined.
This is set out in the attendance guidance (paragraphs 31, 205, 207 and 282).
Information required in the admission register
The personal details of all pupils in your school Pupils' dates of admission or readmission Details of parents/carers Details of the last school a pupil attended, if any For boarding schools – whether